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Old 06-25-2012, 09:47 PM   #1
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AP Self-studying?

So I'm thinking about self-studying for a few ap exams. I've already taken AP French but I'd like to take more AP exams, and my school doesn't offer many AP Classes. I was wondering which would be the easiest to self-study. I was considering Human Geography, Psychology, Comparative Government and Politics, or Art History. But if there are others that are easy that I've left out, I might consider those as well. I'd like to take probably 2 exams. Any suggestions?
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Old 06-25-2012, 09:56 PM   #2
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The ones you listed are probably the easiest AP exams to self-study. I know someone who scored a 5 on AP Psych after only studying for a weak. Comparative government is also really easy if you just read the Ethel Woods book. No joke, just read it thoroughly once or twice and you have a 5.
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Old 06-25-2012, 09:58 PM   #3
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I was leaning towards Comparative government and pscyh. I think psych probably wouldn't be that bad because I've already taken a psychology class, although it wasn't AP psych. But since I have prior knowledge on psych if i were to read an AP psych prep book it probably wouldn't be too impossible.
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Old 06-25-2012, 10:01 PM   #4
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I self-studied my way to a 4 on APUSH. (To be totally honest, I did take the class, but when I say the class wasn't a real class, you just need to trust me. It was a class the general level students wanted to get into). So I studied for about 40 hours over a 2 week period leading up to the test. I read all 42 chapters of coursenotes for the book we had (The American Pageant) and sometimes I read them twice. It was pure hell unless you love history - I DO NOT!

Also, I thought AP Macroeconomics was insanely easy as long as you understand a few main concepts that can be applied to literally everything, so without a doubt macro (and micro) can be self-studied for quite easily.

I hope this helps at least a little!
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Old 06-25-2012, 10:16 PM   #5
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AP Art History isn't an easy class or self study lol.
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